buoyant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: buoyant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for buoyant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buoyant adj tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf" Synonym(s): buoyant, floaty characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s" Synonym(s): buoyant, chirpy, perky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buoyant \Buoy"ant\, a. [From {Buoy}, v. t. & i.] 1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. [bd]Buoyant on the flood.[b8] --Pope. 2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. The water under me was buoyant. --Dryden. 3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- {Buoy"ant*ly}, adv.